Game of Thrones: Most shocking moments

Sixteen of the most shocking moments from HBO show Game of Thrones.

Shireen's death: Equally controversial was Shireen's death after her father decided to sacrifice her to the Lord of Light at the encouragement of Melisandre. Stannis the now dead Mannis got a lot of fan flak on Twitter for his decision

"My story is a combination of stuff [rather than one single story]," he explained earlier this year. "I didn't need the money so I had the power to say the sexiest word in Hollywood - 'No'."

According to George's Spanish editor, his sixth book Winds of Winter is currently on course to arrive before the sixth television series, which is the first without George's pages as a guidebook. It's set to hit screens in April 2016.

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George has admitted the television series will probably finish before the books